I was raised in a tradition of public service that guides my actions to this day. While I work hard for my clients and add value to their endeavors through my skills, I am always thinking about the contributions they make to the world around us and how my own support of their enterprise is a building up of the community of service and abundance for the common wealth. In my own time, I give what time I can to good causes, especially those directly impacting the South Side of Chicago, where I have lived for 20 years. I measure my success less in the amount of wealth my work generates than in the impact it has on the South Side and the city as a whole.

More recently, my civic work has brought me closer to my roots as a kid raised in the neighborhoods of Boston. My work in the Italian American Heritage Society of Chicago hearkens back to many fond memories of the North End, where my grandparents started their family and where I spent my weekends when I was young.